Improvement in towel-racks



@fi iwi dffire To all whom it may totem;

i Be itknown that I, PETER A. Snrnnaof Jersey .Gity, in the coiinty offHudson and 'in the State-of- New J ersey, have inventedcertainnew and useful Im} provements in Towel Racks; and do hereby declare wt hat the following isafulhflclear, and exact descripution'thereof, reference being had to the'accompanying drawing makingapart oil this specification, in which- Figure lisanielevationof my improved device;

l Figure 2 is a plan view of the upper or socket end t {Figure 3 is a horizontalssection of said socket end "ontheline :ux'of figs, land 4; and e it Figured, a v erticalcentral section of the same on the linezzof figs. 2tand 3. 1 Letters'of like name'and'kind'refer tojlike parts in *each ofthefigu res.

The object of my'invention isto furnish a conven- 3 ient andportablejtowelrack that',while occupying but little space when not in use, 'shall'be capable of a a sustaining alarge numberof towels; and

It consists inithe peculiar construction of the sockethead, andof the bars or arms pivoted within and com binedwith the same, substantially as'hereinafter shown.

In the annexed drawing? A represents he stand rd or support,formed"of anysuitable material, and having itslower end secured l withina stand or hase,tB,constructed of metal, and

provided, preferably,with"three feet.

Secured toor'upon the upper end of the standard Ads an1etallic disk,O, having'a circular form 'vertically, and provided with a raised center, D, within the lower side of whichj isformed the socket d for the reception-of said standard.

The lower, side of the diskis provided witharecess,

shown in fig.4,that corresponds in shapewith the exterior of a said disk, and into the same is cut a series ofyertiealiand horizontal openings, E, which, coinciding with each otherradially, are arranged at equidistantpointsaround said disk, and are thrown IMPROVEME T m TOWEL-RACKS.

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Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits; of my invention,

1 shown.

fleEErER-yh:su rose, or JERSEY i GIT-Y, New JERSEY.

f Letters Patent bro/115,250, dated May 23, 11871.

llf he jschedhlerefened to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

together in pairs by the removal of the intervening metal.

Within each opening E is placed a roundbar, F, having a diameter corresponding to the width of the same, andprovided-upon each end'wit-h a head or enlargement, G, which. prevents said bar frorhxpassing 'out of said opening in either direction.

-When' notin use the bars are suspendedinoa vertical' positionby means of their heads,.which rest upon the upper surfaceof the disk, upon oppositesides of the openings; but when required for holding towels,

'saidbars are drawn upward and turned outward and downward until each reaches a horizontal position,'.

and rests within the lower outer side of its'opening, with its inner end bearing against the upper side of the recess in rear, radially, ot' the inner side of .said opening. I

In order that the outer ends of the bars inay be 1 prevented from moving laterally, their inner ends are confined by means of a seriesof vertical diaphragms,

0, extending radially outward between the openings, the lateral space left. between the. inner ends of each two diaphragms being suificicnt only to contain the head of a rod or bar. x

As thus constructed the device is complete, and furnishes anornarnental as well. as a compact and eflioient means "for suspendingrjowels or other similar What I claim as new isv The hereinbefore-described towel-rack, consisting of the disk C, secured to or upon a suitable standard, and provided with the openings'E, and combined with the bars F G, constructed as and for the purpose I PETER A. SNYDER. Witnesses:

J. M; KEEP,

' LUTHER. S. ELMER. 

